"I don't think it'll be any good for the country," Paul told the Courier-Journal. "It's not fixing the problem, it's still a trillion dollar spending program."

Paul offered his opinion on the impending bill during a visit to Bluegrass Primary Care in Crestwood, Kentucky Monday. In a tweet last week, Paul called the bill "Obama Care lite" and took aim at the Senators Lindsey Graham and Bill Cassidy, the architects behind it.

“"I don't think it'll be any good for the country. It's not fixing the problem, it's still a trillion dollar spending program.”

Rand Paul, Kentucky senator

"I'm just not a big fan of Graham-Cassidy," Paul continued. "Because it keeps most of the Obamacare spending, and then reshuffles who gets it... I think people are going to see through it as a naked, partisan attempt to move the money around and not fix the system."

The legislation would maintain some of Obamacare’s regulations and taxes in place while providing states with block grants and authority to design their own health insurance systems.

But the measure is gaining votes in the Senate, and seemingly has the support of President Donald J. Trump.

Paul, however, said that Trump is still open to his ideas of easing the burden for people to buy over state lines. Paul has said he is encouraging Trump to utilize the Employee Retirement Income Security Act, a law from the 1970s that governs how private companies provide benefits, to push his national insurance plan forward.

"He says he's going to do it," Paul said. "It's still coming. I'm still waiting and hoping. But he swears it's going to happen. This is something he can do on his own."

Reach Reporter Thomas Novelly at 502-582-4465 or by email at tnovelly@courier-journal.com. Follow him on Twitter @TomNovelly.

Graham/Cassidy keeps Obamacare and tells the states to run it. No thanks.